FABS, 



FERMANAGH. 



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largest in the Faroe islands, and U full of trout It bu four churches, 

 the parochial oue Mag at Hid vaag, a Tillage and sea-port. Myggenao*, 

 to the watt of Vaagoe, U an inconsiderable inland about 8 mile* broad. 

 The remainder of the seventeen inhabited island* aro Fugloe, Svinoe, 

 Vid. r.*, llordoe, Konoe, Kaloe, Kolter, Heatoe, Noboe, Skuoe, and 

 the creator Dimon. 



FARS, or FARSISTAN. [PzBalA.] 



FASANO. [lUBi TWIBADL] 



FAVERSHAM, Kent, a market-town, a municipal borough, a 

 member of the cinque port of Dover, and the aeat of a Poor-Law 

 Union, in the pariah of Favernham, U situated in 51* 18' N. lat. 

 0* 58' E. Ion*., distant 8 miles W. by N. from Canterbury, and 47 

 mile* E.S.E. from London. The population of the town of Favenham 

 in 1861 wai 4595. The town is governed by 4 aldermen, or jurat*, 

 tnd 12 councillor*, one of whom is mayor. The living U a vicarage 

 in the archdeaconry and dioceae of Canterbury. Favenham Poor-Law 

 Union contain* 25 parishes and townships, with an area of 44,052 

 acre*, and a population in 1851 of 16,513. 



Favenham in situated on a stream running into the East Swale, to 

 the left of the road from London to Dover. Kin? Stephen founded 

 here an abbey for Cluniac monks, in which himself, his queen Matilda, 

 and his eldest son, Eustace of Boulogne, were buried. Portions of 

 the outer walls still exist. The town consists chiefly of four streets, 

 forming an irregular cross, and having the guildhall and market-place 

 in the centre. The streets are well paved. The church is a commo- 

 dious cruciform building, constructed of flint ; it has some portions 

 in the decorated style, the remainder is of later date. At the west 

 end is a light pinnacled tower surmounted with an octagonal spire. 

 The Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyan Methodists have places of 

 worship. The Grammar school, founded in 1575, has an income from 

 endowment of about ItiO/. a year, and had 50 scholars in 1853. There 

 U a National school. Favenham Creek is navigable up to the town 

 for vessels of 150 tons. On December 31st, 1853, the number and 

 tonnage of vessels belonging to the port were 225 under 60 tons, with 

 an aggregate of 4936 tons ; 82 vessels above 50 tons, aggregate ton- 

 nage, 10,855 ; and 1 steam-vessel of 9 tons burden. The vessels which 

 entered and cleared at the port during 1853 were as follows : In- 

 wards, 1532 vessels, 116,381 tons ; outwards, 1478 vessels, 44,983 tons. 



The oyster fishery employs between 200 and 300 persons. There 

 is a considerable import and export trade ; much agricultural profiucc 

 is sent to London by hoys. The market-days are Wednesday and 

 Saturday : fairs are held on February 14th and August 1st. 



KAYAL. [AZORES.] 



FAYl.Ti KVILLE. [CABOUWA, NORTH.] 



FEAR, CAPE. [CAROLINA, NORTH.] 

 \MP. [SEINE IirftmiKUBS.] 



FECKEXHAM. [WORCESTERSHIRE.] 



iT.i.nsnriuJ. [!:>.] 



FK I . K( : Y H AZA. [CoMASiA, LITTLE.] 



FKLIPK, SAN. [VJMMUELA.] 



VK1.1/.X.ANO. [AI.E88AXDBIA.] 



KKI.LETIN. [CBEUSE.] 



FELSTEAD. [EesKX.1 



FELTRE. [BLLDo.J 



FEMEKN. [Scm.ESWio.] 



FENNY STKATFOUD. [BuCKneOHAJISHlHE.] 



FEXWICK. [AYRSHIRE.] 



I'F.olKisiA. [KAFFA.] 



I KKK. [Aisiii.] 



|-I:KK, LA. [Am.] 



FERMANAOH, an inland county of the province of Ulster, in 

 Ireland, lies between 54 7' and 54 87' N. lat., 7 8' and 8 10' 

 W. long., and is bounded N. by the counties of Donegal and Tyrone, 

 the county of Monaghnn, S. by Cavan, and W. by Leitrim and 

 Donegal. Its greatest length from cast to west is 45 miles, from north 

 to south 29 miles. The area comprises 457,1 95 acres, of which 289,223 

 are arable, 114,847 uncultivated, 6155 in plantations, 210 in towns, 

 aiid 4r,,7.';5 under water. The population ill 1851 was 116,007. 



Snr/atf, Jlydrography, and Communication!. Fermanagh county 

 belongs almost entirely to the basin of Lough Erne. The drainage of 

 a small district in the extreme west falls into Lough Melvin, the 

 UWfluom waters of which are carried to the Atlantic by the Drowes 

 River. Ix>ngh Erne, which extends from south-east to north-west 

 for above forty mil, divides the county into two nearly equal parts, 

 and w itaolf divided into the Upper and Lower Lake*, the former 

 stretching from \S'ttl<- Bridge, on the borders of Cavan, to the neigh- 

 bourhood of Enniftkillen ; the latter from Enniskillrn to Belleek, on 

 the border* of Donegal. The Upper Lake is about 18 miles in length, 

 and has an extreme width of about 4 miles ; it is thickly studded 

 with hilly island*, some of which are of considerable size, and all are 

 clothed with wood or with rich pasture*. Within two or three miles 

 of EiiiiUkillrn the lake become* narrow, and assumes a river character, 

 which it retains for a mile below the town, where, opposite the 

 ground* of the royal school of Portora, the Lower Lake commence*, 

 expanding into a magnificent sheet of water, much less incumbered 

 wivh islands than the Upper Lake, and having opposite the town of 

 Kh a width of not lens than six mil. *. The singularly varied and 

 beautiful scenery of these lake* is said by Inglis and other tourists 



not to be surpassed in Europe. On approaching Bolleek the lake 

 again contract*, and flows as a deep rapid river through a rather 

 swampy tract, crowed near the village by a rocky ledge, <iv. T tvlii.lt 

 the stream rushes impetuously, forming a fine cataract From I 

 the rivr flows with rapid course west by north, forming ; 

 fall of about sixteen feet at Ballyshannou, a little below which it enter* 

 the Bay of Donegal Vast uumben of salmon ascend to Lough Krne 

 and its feeden to spawn ; the ascent of the fish up the falls of Bally- 

 shannon and Belleek is eagerly watched as a very gratifying spectacle. 

 Lough Erne also abounds in trout, pike, perch, and bream ; it is fre- 

 quented by large flocks of wild ducks, wild geese, and other water-fowl. 

 The outlet of Lough Erne is navigable for vessels drawing 12 feet water 

 up to Ballyshannon ; between the town and Belleek the rapidity of 

 the stream renders it useless for purposes of navigation. The d. ptli 

 of the Upper Lake varies from a few feet to 75 feet ; the Lower Lake 

 is said in some places to have a depth of 200 feet Formerly some 

 of the connecting reaches of the Upper Lake were in parts so shallow 

 that only flat-bottomed boats, called 'cots,' could navigate them. 

 These channels have recently been deepened, and the lakes are now 

 navigated by small steamers, which, convey goods of various kinds 

 between Belleek, Enniskillen, Lisnaskea, Belturbet, and the Ulster 

 Canal, which enters the Upper Lake near Wattle Bridge, conn. 

 Lough Erne with Lough Neagh, and completing the wator communi- 

 cation between Enniskillen, Newry, and Belfast The chief articles 

 of traffic on the lake are timber, coals, butter, eggs, corn, and other 

 agricultural produce. 



The most southern part of the county, extending from the Woodford 

 River [CAVAK], which forms part of the boundary between Fermanagh 

 and Cavan, to a few miles below EnnUkillen, presents a belt of rich 

 land of considerable but varying width, gently undulating in part-, 

 but level along the lake-shore, and the whole backed by high moun- 

 tains. Between the Woodford and the Claddagh (a feeder of Lough 

 Erne, which rises near the head-waters of the Shannon in the county 

 Cavan), the back-ground is formed by the northern slopes of thu 

 Legavrega Mountains. Between the Chuldogh and the Aruey, at about 

 four miles from the lake, runs the main ridge of the Dowbally Moun- 

 tains, which form part of the watershed between Lough Erne an. I 

 tlir Shannon. This range, the highest in the county, reaches in its 

 culminating point, Cuilcagh, the height of 2188 feet above the sea ; 

 its slope towards the lake is in general rapid, in some places preci] 

 At its northern base is the fine mansion and extensive domain of 

 Florence Court, the seat of the Earl of Enniskilleu. Westward from 

 the Cuilcagh Mountains, on the confines of the counties of Leitrim, 

 Cavan, and Fermanagh, is Lough Macuean, of which the eastern part, 

 called Lough Nitty, is connected by a strait with the western and 

 larger part, properly called Macnean. The outlet of Lough W... 

 is the Arncy, which flows eastward to Lough Erno, through a beautiful 

 well-wooded country. A little north of Lough Xitty is Belinoro 

 Mountain, which attains a height of 1312 feet, and forms a striking 

 feature in the scenery of Lough Erne on the approach to Euniskillen. 

 [EXMSKILI.KN.] The approaches to this town on both sides of tho 

 lake are adorned with many pretty residences. About two miles 

 south-east of Enniskillen, situated in a very extensive and beautiful 

 demesne, is Castle Coole, the most splendid mansion in the north of 

 Ireland, and the scat of Earl Belmore. The structure is built of 

 Portland stone. 



All the rest of the southern part of the county, between Lough 

 Macnean and Lower Lough Erne, is with little exception mount;,. 

 The mass of the Shean-North runs along the Lower Lake in miiny 

 places close to the shore, towards which it descends with a wry rapid 

 slope. Tho highest part of tho range, called Phoul-a-Phouca, rises to 

 the height of above 1 150 feet, and sinks down almost precipitously 

 within a few rods of the shore. South of these masses, but separated 

 from them by the undulating basin of the Sillies River (which enters 

 Lough Erne about a mile above Enniskillcn), ore the Qleualong Moun- 

 tains, which have an altitude of about 900 feet The greater part of 

 this region is wild in the extreme, consisting of irreclaiiual.l" mountain, 

 brown bog, and coarse pasture. In the basin of the Sillies however, 

 particularly in tin- neighbourhood of Church-Hill and Derrygonnelly, 

 is some good arable and pasture land. 



West of 111- I..IH.T Lake, as far as Pettigoe, a small village partly 

 in Fermanagh and partly in Donegal, the surface is billy, with only a 

 narrow level margin along tho shore. In this district, and near tli>- 

 western extremity of tho lake, is the be.iuliful demesne and seat of 

 Castle Caldwell. South of Poltigoe is Boa Island, the largest in tin- 

 Lower Lake, containing 1400 acres of fine land ; it is however almost 

 treeless. Occupying a beautiful situation on one. of the larger i 

 near the west shore of the lake stand * Ely Lodge, the fine seat of the 

 M:n-.|uin of Ely. Eastward from Pettigoe to Kenh and Lisnorrick tho 

 land slopes down gradually from the mountains on the confines of 

 Tyrone to the lake-shore, and present* some of the finest soil and most 

 picturesque scenery in the county. The views between Kesh and 

 Castle Archdall, a splendid mansion and demesne near Lisnarrick, are 

 (lartic-iilsirly fiii". The mountain ridge to the north of this d. 

 forum part of tho watershed between Lough Foyle and Lough I 

 most of the streams thence run into the lake by tin K. li Uiver. 

 I 'mm I.isnarrick to BaUinamallard and the eastern side of the valley 

 of the Ballicawidy River (on which there arc largo flour-mills), the 



